Marvelous Minilessons for Teaching Beginning Writing, K–3

This practical resource provides 40 research-based, classroom-tested, and developmentally appropriate minilessons for kindergarten through grade 3—presented in the context of authentic writing experiences. You can use these lessons to teach students how to:

Generate and organize ideas before writing, and then turn their prewriting ideas into connected text

Develop writing style by focusing on word choice, voice, and fluency

Increasingly use conventional spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar to produce more readable work

Revise their writing for clarity, style, and effectiveness

Also included are charts to help you decide which lessons suit your students' needs; language you might use when presenting the lessons to students; notes sections, where you can record and reflect on what works and what doesn't; and reproducibles.